General WordPress resources
Where to find WordPress themes
- Great themes my students have used recently: Hiero, Snapshot, Parabola, Ilisa, Duena,Portafolio, Time.
- CSS Igniter
- Site5 themes – free premium WordPress themes
- Themify
- Colorlabs – some are free
- Smashing Magazine (free themes)
- Themeforest – has hundreds of themes
- WPZoom – a couple of these are free
- Organic themes
- Themeforest
- Elegant themes
- Woothemes – some are free
- WPExplorer themes – some are free
- WPShower – some are free
- Theme Alley – free responsive themes
- Themetrust – they all cost money
- Themetie – some are free
- Themegrill
- Themefurnace
- Themefoundry
- My list of themes for newspapers and magazines
- WordPress Theme Showcase (WordPress.com themes, but some available for wordpress.org)
WordPress plugins
List: Best free WordPress plugins of 2014
Buffer’s list of 20 useful WordPress plugins (July 14, 2014)
- Akismet – blocks spam
- Better WP Security – Protects your site
- Rename wp-login – Change your login URL to prevent hackers
- Comments Evolved – add tabs for comments via Google+, Facebook, etc.
- Tweetily – randomly Tweets old posts
- Editorial Calendar – see your scheduled posts on a calendar
- Co-Authors Plus – lets you have multiple bylines on a post
- Revision control – Limit the number of revisions save on posts/pages
- PlayBuzz Playful Content – Create Buzzfeed-like quizzes
- Google Analytics for WordPress (required) – tracks your page views, visits and more
- Contact Form 7 – make email forms
- Addthis – lets readers share your content on social sites/email
- Wibiya – Adds a toolbar to the bottom of your site
- WPTouch (required) – make a mobile-friendly version of your site
- HelloBar – Adds a promo bar across the top of your site
- Snow, balloons and more – adds snow and balloons to your page
- Greetbox – suggests to your new visitors that they follow your RSS feed
- WordPress SEO – give you more control over the SEO on your site
- Shareaholic – give you stylish social sharing buttons
- Digg Digg – add a floating bar of sharing buttons
- Sharebar – social sharing scrolls with page
- Social Sharing Toolkit – add social buttons to your site
- All in one video pack – helps you put videos on your site
- WordPress audio player – lets you embed audio file on your site
- NextGEN Gallery – creates photo galleries
- Photo Galleria – create a slideshow
- Portfolio Slideshow – create a slideshow
- GD Star Rating – lets readers rate your posts
- FD Feedburner – Converts your RSS feed to a Feedburner feed (which give you analytics)
- Search and replace – find code and replace with something else
- Relevanssi – better WordPress search
- Quick Page/Post Redirect – redirect one URL to another
- Maintenance mode – take your site offline to work on something
- Social Metrics – track how much your content is shared on social media
- Social profiles – link to our social sites in your sidebar
- Simple Social Icons – Display your social networks in a widget
- Plugin Performance Profiler – find out which plugins are slowing down your site
- Pinterest-related plugins – for your pinning pleasure
- Simplereach slide – recommends related posts on your page
- Simple Facebook Comments – add comments via Facebook to your site
- SocialBox – display your social follower numbers via a widget
- Livefrye – advanced commenting functionality
- Simply Instagram – display your Instagram feed
- WP Super Cache – speed up your site
- Tablepress – create tables without HTML